coalesce

Meaning

  1. To join into a single mass or whole.
  2. To form from different pieces or elements.
  3. To bond pieces of metal into a continuous whole by liquefying parts of each piece, bringing the liquids into contact, and allowing the combined liquid to solidify.
  4. To merge, to intermingle freely.
  5. To convert a null value to a defined value.

Pronounced as (IPA)
/ˌkəʊ.əˈlɛs/
Etymology

From Latin coalēscō, from co- + alēscō (“grow up”).

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